linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] tpm: st33zp24: drop support for platform data

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:11:09 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] tpm: st33zp24: drop support for platform data

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 11:39:06PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:39:56PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > There are no users of st33zp24_platform_data in mainline, and new boards
> > should be using device tree or ACPI to describe resources, so let's drop
> > support for platform data from the driver.
> 
> Nit: drop instead of let's drop (needs also different sentence structure
> obviously).

OK.

> 
> Also, please leave predictions out, or back them up with data. It's good
> enough reason to remove code, if it is not used for anything. I really
> don't care about "should" part. It is is out-of-scope for a kernel
> patch.

This is not a prediction, but a statement. The idea I was trying to
express is that platform data is needed for legacy boards, those that
predate device tree and/or ACPI support. Therefore there will be no
new users of it appearing in the kernel, as we will not accept a new
board/architecture it using wither ACPI or DT.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry